This blog explores the idea that history shows signs of cyclicality, or that generations, the economy, social trends etc. repeat themselves from time to time – or at least they rhyme. Nicolai Kondratiev and Strauss & Howe likened this dynamic to the seasons. What Strauss & Howe call the Fourth Turning or ‘Crisis’ era is…
This article is a contribution from guest blogger Stacy Becker. Please read her bio below. According to psychologists who measure things like high rates of materialism, narcissism, the millennials have grown into adulthood with some serious personality problems which the baby boomers lacked. The entire nation is worrying about the present financial condition and the…
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Last week I had the opportunity to attend a conference about the generation after the millennials. This entailed the latest stats and survey results from this youngest group of Americans on and an effort to (re)name the youngest generation – the one that is currently called the Homelanders. This event was part of the annual YPulste Mashup and…
While brooding over an article on the topic of internet sharing and privacy, an example of what some prefer to call “tough love parenting” passed my radar:Mother Violates Daughter on Facebook. I have argued before (here and here) that despite the impressions we may get from media, younger generations are not all happy-go-lucky with technologies…
Gamification is a popular buzzword among futurists these days. But it’s far more than a fad. Gamification is pretty much the process of allowing learning and innovation to piggyback on people’s natural predilection for seeking enjoyment through play and skill mastery. Win-win in other words. Earlier this year I attended two different events that prove…
I want to see The Great Gatsby. And then I hope Hollywood will churn out ‘Grapes of Wrath’ and ‘Death of a Salesman’ soon after. History rhymes, and once again we’re at this junction in time when the younger generations are reexamining the validity of the American Dream. The millennials were taught to believe in…
Wait, what? There’s a generation after the Millennials? It’s not that long ago since I used to be asked this question. But this generation is building up steam. The oldest Millennials are all grown up and are not exactly “news” anymore (despite what Time Magazine seems to think). While Google Trends probably points to the TV-series…
Sorry Kitty is lead singer of the K-pop band Saccharine. Her nickname is a blend of Super Junior’s 2009 hit Sorry, Sorry and the still popular cartoon Hello Kitty, and influenced by the post-ironic cat-meme era she was born into. She earned it for her allegedly sad expression as a child, but later made it her…
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